Compare Flora of North America: North of Mexico Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae Arecidae Commelinidae(in part) and Zingiberidae | Indigo Chapters

Flora of North America, Volume 22, is the first of five volumes covering monocots in North America north of Mexico. The volume comprises many groups of aquatic plants and the North American relatives of groups that have their richest number of species in the New World tropics. Included amongthe treatments are the rush family (Juncaceae), which include important indicator species in wetland habitats, the cat-tails (Typhaceae), spiderworts (Commelinaceae,), aroids (Araceae), and pondweeds (Potamogetonaceae). Thirty families are included in this volume, representing a diverse range ofplant forms - from marine Zosteraceae (eel-grasses) to stately Arecaeae (palms) and the naturalized exotic Zingiberaceae (gingers). Heliconiaceae (heliconias) and Musaceae (bananas). | Flora of North America: North of Mexico Volume 22: Magnoliophyta: Alismatidae Arecidae Commelinidae(in part) and Zingiberidae | Indigo Chapters